Canada’s Fighting Seniors
by C. G. Gifford
First published in 1990, this book charts the emergence and rapid growth of Canada's powerful seniors' movement.
First published in 1990, this book charts the emergence and rapid growth of Canada's powerful seniors' movement.
Seniors' political clout has been increasingly evident since the mid-eighties, when their protest convinced Brian Mulroney to drop his efforts to limit pension benefits. Gifford's book provides a short history of seniors' organizing and tells the personal and organizational stories of today's seniors' groups. Sections on the work of seniors' groups in the United States and Europe add a global dimension to the book's analysis.
Canada's Fighting Seniors is a pioneering study of the increasing organization and influence of older citizens in this country.
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